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On the recordOctober 11, 2000
I am reminded each time that we were negotiating that both the President and the Secretaries were governors. Think in terms of being a governor, rather than being a Washington bureaucrat, and you will be offering far better solutions to problems, than being a bureaucrat in Washington, D.C.
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William F. Goodling
Pennsylvania

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Discussing the importance of a governor's perspective in negotiations.

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